Re: Stale observations people still think are funny/original/surprising
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That joke about Lou Gehrig dying of Lou Gehrig's disease
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Ugh. It's even worse when this "joke" is written into the script of a sitcom.
On a related note: when a character in a sitcom gets all freaked out when he finds out that his medical tests have come back "negative". I distinctly remember this on Seinfeld, and last year on The Office. I found it sad that such otherwise great shows would be so lazy as to use this tired joke.
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